White Pass & Yukon Route: The Railway Built of Gold Trailer (2001)
"An International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark"01 January 2001Factual35 mins
Completed in 1900 with British financing, Canadian contracting and American engineering, the White Pass & Yukon Route was the engineering marvel of its time. Cutting a swath through some of the world's most ruggedly beautiful terrain, the White Pass today is a trip through history.
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